In episode 14 of ReBootHealth, I speak with Ali Tehrani. Ali is the co-founder and former CEO of Zymeworks, a publicly listed, clinical-stage, biopharmaceutical company focused on developing biotherapeutics in the oncology space. It was an honour and a joy to have Ali be a guest and share his deep knowledge around building one of the pioneer biotechnology ventures in the Canadian ecosystem.  We could have spent hours on this show but decided to focus on the key passions of Ali including talent in biotechnology, permission to be ambitious, entrepreneurship, and the new world of biotechnology. There’s a lot more I wanted to explore and look forward to having Ali back on the show. For those of you who listen until the very end, a surprise ‘hack’ to quickly connect to one of Canada’s all-star biotech founders. As always, I hope you find the episode valuable.

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Episode recorded on January 24, 2022.

10:15—Starting the Zymeworks journey.

17:22—Diversity of talent in biotechnology.

23:32—Debunking the obstacles in Canadian biotechnology.

30:49—Permission to be ambitious.

33:15—Exploring entrepreneurship.

38:33—“The Last Dance” and leadership.

42:50—The new world of biotechnology

48:07—Reflections.